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I am not very happy with my current office bathroom situation. Actually, let me re-phrase that; my bowels are not very happy about my current office bathroom situation.

At our old office we had shared bathrooms with the entire building. The bathrooms always smelled bad and after the dog-poo under the sink incident, I had to hold my breath and divert my eyes the entire time I was in the room. I also had to climb two flights of stairs to get to the bathroom. I never thought I would miss the LUXURY of those bathrooms compaired to the current situation I am faced with.

I work in an office of 5 people. Four of them are male. When we were designing our new space, it was decided that we would have one unisex bathroom to save space and money. Right away I knew what the (biggest of many many ) problem would be and lobbied long and hard for a second bathroom.. one for the girl(s). I was shot down, or told to use the bathroom in the warehouse, the one that is so grungy I refuse to go within 10 feet of it. So one bathroom was built. And the issue has already become very apparent. As I type my  intestines are telling me that they want to get rid of some solid waste---but I mentally cannot psych myself up to pooping less than 10 feet from all of my coworkers, esp. when ANYONE could walk in after me and know that I be-fouled it. The relative aninymity of the public restroom, one that already smelled worse than anything I could throw at it , sounds so beautiful right about now-compared to the little box that up until wednesday housed our microwave and still has a spare task chair stored in it---and nothing but a sketch of a sink where the sink should be. And despite my best brainstorming, there is no solution in sight.

The bigger issue of course is that I fear I will screw up my system by not letting nature take its course. It took me years to be able to go number two in a public restroom at all. It was a real accomplishment to be able to go at work, and it had become a "regular" thing for me. As messed up it sounds, it feels like my bosses have taken something important away from me I have no way of approaching the subject, and am starting to get really upset about it. I have no idea how to remedy this. :(

LOL. Should have read your title FIRST

Well, I don't know what to tell you about the bathroom. When you gotta go, you GOTTA go.  Seriously.  But I don't know your situation.  I don't know if I'd care that much.  But I have an aunt who has particularly noxious movements, & maybe if I had hers I would.  So I have to jus wish you luck on that one.

Am I going to be that skinny when I'm 175 pounds?? Gawd, I hope so!  Your Hawt Yoga photo looks awesome! Congrats on you rlosses to date!

i feel ya

I work at a school that has one faculty toilet for about 60 female teachers. There is one men't toilet, but only about 10 men. It really used to bother me, because anytime I went in there was always a line outside of people waiting. What to do? (doo?) Finally I realized that the bathroom always smelled bad and how would anyone know if it was me, even if it was me. Also, I eventually stopped caring. Though I hate always feeling like I have to rush, I no longer am concerned that people know I poop. However, I don't know how I would feel if my coworkers were men, though their bathroom always smells like piss. Lovely . . .

The fact is you can't control your bowels, much. I think you'll just get used to it eventually. Truly.

That Sucks!

I wish I had some words of wisdom, but I don't. As a police officer, I am always looking for a toilet on the road and let me tell ya, it ain't easy! Luckily for me, I rarely go number two. Maybe every other day, if I'm lucky! I think you just may have to get over it! Just like that books' title, "Everybody Poops!"